Nelson mandela speech Analysis

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Nelson Mandela Inaugural Speech

Background

Mandela spent 27 years as a political prisoner in South Africa for his role as a freedom fighter.

And leader of the African National Congress (ANC), and his significant contribution to anti-apartheid activities.

Background

Nelson Mandela was elected as the first black president in South Africa on May 10th, 1994; this election was particularly significant because it was the first ever multi-racial, democratic election in the country’s history.

It also signaled the end of the apartheid (from the Afrikaans word for “apartness” or “separateness”), which was both a slogan and a social and political policy of racial segregations and discrimination, enforced by the White National party from 1948 until Mandela’s election. However, racial segregation has characterized South Africa since white settlers arrived in 1652, before apartheid.

Occasion & Location

Nelson Mandela gave this speech, on his election as president of the South Africa.

10th May 1994.

Pretoria.

transcript

“Your Majesties, Your Highnesses, Distinguished Guests, Comrades and Friends. Today, all of us do, by our presence here, and by our celebrations in other parts of our country and the world, confer glory and hope to newborn liberty. Out of the experience of an extraordinary human disaster that lasted too long, must be born a society of which all humanity will be proud.”

Continued…

“Our daily deeds as ordinary South Africans must produce an actual South African reality that will reinforce humanity's belief in justice, strengthen its confidence in the nobility of the human soul and sustain all our hopes for a glorious life for all.All this we owe both to ourselves and to the peoples of the world who are so well represented here today.”

Continued…

“We thank all our distinguished

international guests for having come to take possession with the people of our country of what is, after all, a common victory for justice, for peace, for human dignity. We trust that you will continue to stand by us as we tackle the challenges of building peace, prosperity, non-sexism, non-racialism and democracy.”

Continued…

“The time for the healing of the wounds has come.The moment to bridge the chasms that divide us has come.The time to build is upon us.”

Continued…

“We succeeded to take our last steps to freedom in conditions of relative peace. We commit ourselves to the construction of a complete, just and lasting peace.We have triumphed in the effort to implant hope in the breasts of the millions of our people. We enter into a covenant that we shall build the society in which all South Africans, both black and white, will be able to walk tall, without any fear in their hearts, assured of their inalienable right to human dignity — a rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world.”

Continued…

“We dedicate this day to all the heroes and heroines in this country and the rest of the world who sacrificed in many ways and surrendered their lives so that we could be free.Their dreams have become reality. Freedom is their reward.”

Continued…

“We are both humbled and elevated by the honour and privilege that you, the people of South Africa, have bestowed on us, as the first President of a united, democratic, non-racial and non-sexist government.We understand it still that there is no easy road to freedomWe know it well that none of us acting alone can achieve success.”

Continued…

“We must therefore act together as a united people, for national reconciliation, for nation building, for the birth of a new world.Let there be justice for all.Let there be peace for all.”

Continued…

“Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another and suffer the indignity of being the skunk of the world.Let freedom reign!The sun shall never set on so glorious a human achievement!God bless Africa!”

Contents of Speech

Thanked everybody for their presence.

Thanking International guest for common victory for justice.

No discriminationLong lasting peace Importance of UnityPray for Africa

Analysis of Speech

Style Motivational Part Meaningful Part Repetition Persuasive Words Clarity Metaphor Anaphor Impact of Speech Message of Speech

Style

Nelson Mandela's inauguration speech uses anaphor to express his hope for the people of South Africa.

Mandela's tone is inspirational, uplifting, and commanding.

Motivational Part

The time for the healing of the wounds has come.

The moment to bridge the chasms that divide us has come.

The time to build is upon us.

Continued…

We dedicate this day to all the heroes and heroines in this country and the rest of the world who sacrificed in many ways and surrendered their lives so that we could be free.

Their dreams have become reality. Freedom is their reward.

Meaningful Part

We must act together as a united people, for national reconciliation, for nation building, for the birth of a new world. Let there be justice for all.Let there be peace for all.

The main theme of the speech are in these lines where he his talking about the unity and justice and peace for all.

Repetition

The words “We” and “Our ” are repeated many times in the speech.

By making use of these words again and again, he emphasize on the fact that now there is no difference between black and white people

Persuasive Words

Justice (fair) Strengthen (stronger) Prosperity (well being) Inalienable (unable to be taken

away) Indignity (insult) Nobility (noble in character) Reinforce (intensify)

Clarity

The message of the speech is clear and can easily be understood

His speech gave an insight into the long struggle for democracy and into his beliefs about humanity.

Anaphor & Metaphor

AnaphorThe time for… The moment to… The time…Metaphor Implant hope in the breasts of

millions of our people.

Impact of Speech

 Mandela's inaugural address helped to promote the reconciliation agenda that was to be the hallmark of his presidency.

 Both blacks and whites were uplifted by his explicit commitment to bridging the chasms that had divided the two communities.

Continued…

 He made clear that as a “token of its commitment to the renewal of our country, address the issue of amnesty

for various categories of our people who are currently serving terms of imprisonment.”

The first parliament of the new democratic South Africa passed the Promotion of National Unity and

Reconciliation Act in 1995. 

Message of the Speech

Mandela wanted both audiences(black and white) to recognize the importance of the turning point that his address represented in the country's history.

He wanted the international community to see the new South Africa as a model state, which could teach others how to reconcile and overcome conflicts of the past.

He hoped that South Africans would accept his message of the need to move away from the past and look to the future as a newly united people, who should work together to overcome the legacies of the past.

Quotes by Nelson Mandela

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

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